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The religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus Christ: the religion that believes in God as the Father Almighty who works redemptively through the Holy Spirit for men's salvation and that affirms Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior who proclaimed to man the gospel of salvation. (From Webster, 3d ed)
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Introduction
Halloween is celebrated annually on October 31st and has its roots in the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. Over centuries, the significance and customs surrounding this holiday have evolved, transforming it into a festive occasion filled with entertainment and creativity in modern society. This paper explores the historical background, the evolution of customs, and the contemporary cultural significance of Halloween.
I. Historical Background
1.1 The Celts and Samhain
The origins of Halloween can be traced back to the 5th century BCE among the Celts. In the Celtic calendar, November 1st marked the beginning of the new year, symbolizing the arrival of winter and the end of summer. To celebrate this moment, the Celts held the festival of Samhain, believing that on this night, the boundary between the living and the dead became blurred, allowing spirits to return to the earthly realm. To ward off these spirits, people would light bonfires and wear costumes.
1.2 Christian Influence
With the spread of Christianity, the church sought to incorporate pagan festivals into Christian traditions. In the 9th century, Pope Gregory IV designated November 1st as All Saints' Day, a day to honor all saints. October 31st became known as All Hallows' Eve, a night of celebration and remembrance for the deceased. This transformation allowed Halloween to gradually intertwine with Christian traditions while retaining many of its Celtic customs.
II. Evolution of Customs
2.1 Traditional Practices
Many of Halloween's customs stem from ancient Celtic beliefs. For instance, lighting bonfires and carving pumpkins (originally turnips) were ways to ward off evil spirits and honor the dead. Families and friends would gather on this night to share food and stories, fostering a sense of closeness.
2.2 Modern Celebrations
By the 20th century, Halloween celebrations became increasingly popular in the United States and other countries. Modern Halloween typically includes activities such as "trick-or-treating," costume parties, and Halloween-themed events. Children dress up in various costumes and go door-to-door collecting candy, while adults engage in social gatherings and decorate their homes to enhance the festive atmosphere.
III. Significance in Contemporary Culture
3.1 Commercialization
Halloween has evolved into a significant commercial holiday. Retailers attract consumers with a wide array of decorations, candy, and costumes, leading Halloween-related spending to surpass that of many traditional holidays. According to statistics, Halloween spending has continued to grow in recent years, making it the second-largest commercial holiday in the United States, following Christmas.
3.2 Social and Cultural Reflection
In contemporary society, Halloween serves not only as a time of celebration but also as a reflection on death and life. Through costumes and festivities, people express their fears, humor, and acceptance of death. Additionally, Halloween provides an opportunity for individuals to showcase their creativity and personality, fostering community engagement and interaction.
Conclusion
As a holiday with deep historical roots, Halloween carries rich cultural and historical significance. From the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain to modern celebrations, Halloween is not just a time for merriment but also a profound contemplation of life and death. As society continues to evolve, the meanings and ways of celebrating Halloween will also change, highlighting the diversity and creativity of human culture.
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As to this big festival, the origin and its evolution are worth exploration, indeed.
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Dear Community,
I have a molecule with an aldehyd group that I want to reduce to the alcohol. The molecule also has two esther groups. When I react the molecule with NaBH4 (1 eq.) under soft conditions (room temperature, 3h) no reduction is taking place, under harsh conditions (heat, over night) also the esther groups are reduced. [Solvent THF in both cases]
Does anyone have a recommendation for suitable reaction conditions for NaBH4 reduction? Or experience with NaBH4 reductions?
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Christian
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Christian Schnurr There is evidence of ester reduction in systems using NaBH₄-MeOH and THF, as reported in this study: Jorge C. S. da Costa et al., Arkivoc, 2006, 1, pp. 128-133. DOI:10.3998/ark.5550190.0007.115. In my undergraduate thesis (2021), I worked on the reductive amination of an aldehyde using 2.0 equivalents of NaBH₄ in an acidic medium (with 10 equivalents of acetic acid (AcOH)), but in an ice bath (0 ºC). You could try optimizing the reaction conditions. Additional conditions are also discussed in this work: Periasamy, M., Thirumalaikumar, M., 2000. J. Organomet. Chem. 609, 1-2, 137-151.
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Plz check the debate between P.K. and Chat GPT in the link below. The Miracle Equation is the proof of the Christian Trinity in nature. This is verified by Chat GPT in a fastidious manner. The digital duty of every member of this group is to respond with comments, likes etc in a matured manner.
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The doctrine of the Trinity, while not named in the Bible, is rooted in the scriptural representation of God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who work harmoniously in God's unified essence. This concept of a Triune God emerged from early Christian understanding and was formally articulated in ecumenical creeds like the Nicene Creed, emphasising each Person's unique role in the divine plan for salvation. The Father is acknowledged as the Creator, the Son as Redeemer through his life, death and resurrection, and the Holy Spirit as Sanctifier and Sustainer of faith within believers. Together, these persons of the Trinity share the same divine nature, embodying unity and equality without blending into one indistinct entity.
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Would express that the understanding of the interaction between religions is indeed a complex matter. Throughout history, cultures and belief systems have influenced one another, often leading to the impression Raed Rahim Khuder that one faith has "stolen" from another. However, I would argue that it is essential to recognize this phenomenon as a natural cross-fertilization of ideas rather than mere appropriation.
The human quest for truth and understanding often leads to a sharing of insights and ethical guidance across various traditions. This is evident in the shared values found in the teachings of many faiths, which may include concepts of justice, mercy, and sacredness of life. Such exchanges can be viewed as a manifestation of the universal search for a moral framework and the divine.
Moreover, it is a reflection of the interconnectedness of humanity, as we are all created in the image of the Divine, and thus there exists an intrinsic unity amongst us. When we embrace the notion of cross-fertilization, we can better understand how diverse traditions can coexist and enrich one another rather than viewing them as competitors or rivals.
In the pursuit of truth, we should strive to appreciate the ways in which different religious traditions can illuminate our understanding of the divine and ethical living. Thus, rather than framing our discussions in terms of theft, we should foster a spirit of inquiry and dialogue that underscores our common heritage and shared aspirations. Such a perspective can lead to greater respect and cooperation among diverse faiths, ultimately promoting peace and understanding within our societies, in human terms of cultural evolution and emergence of ideas and practices.
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I thinkthe Church of the Virgin Mary was the first church and built in the mid-16th century.
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It all depends on the way of counting.There are three main branches: Catholics, Orthodox Christians and Protestants.The last are divided into 2: Lutherans and Calvinists.The Calvinists produced modern Protestant and neo- protestant movements. According to the Orthodox Tgeology there are 3 Christian branches.
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Can we make the earth's faults resistant and prevent it from breaking? And have safe and secure homes?
There are several ways to prevent ground faults from shaking. According to most geologists, what causes the rupture of the earth's fault and the strong shaking of the fault and the release of energy from the center of the earthquake from the fault and the L waves or the P, S and L waves from inside the earth, is excessive pressure on the fault in millions of years. And most importantly, the penetration of water, humidity and cold into the faults is more in the cold seasons of the year; It happens like autumn, winter and spring and also in the early morning and night. And it causes the energy inside them to be released, and check this in the time series of several years of earthquakes, we understand the reason for the cold and water penetration into the faults, especially at night and early morning when the weather gets colder. This rupture of faults is more in the early morning and most earthquakes occur in the early morning from 4 am to 6 am or from 9 pm to 2 am. Underground and fault is easier. And now geologists have realized that man himself can create earthquakes in 3 or 4 ways, i.e. artificial earthquakes. For example, in the faults and in the parts where there is displacement in the folded layers of the earth, by digging Amin wells and injecting water pressure into these wells, it penetrates the layers inside the fault and causes energy to be released from within. They fall to the ground. The energy and rupture of the fault generated from the center of the artificial earthquake was created so that it would not shake too much and prevent continuous shaking. And then by filling it with reinforced concrete, it becomes like a nail in the ground, which can prevent the faults of the ground from breaking, because it is also mentioned in the Holy Quran. that mountains are like nails on the earth because mountains prevent the earth from shaking and we humans can create artificial earthquakes on the earth and prevent the eternal shaking of the earth in the fault zone and it is not only nature that nails like A mountain is like a mountain, humans themselves can create it, i.e. artificially create nails in the earth. These nails tighten the faults and prevent them from constantly vibrating. Of course, this experiment was conducted by geologists in the Texas region of America in 1946, when the oil well was at a shallow depth and they had to drill a well next to the oil well. Injection of water or a solution of water and salt. cause the well oil to rise. After a while they saw; An earthquake occurred in the Texas region of America for a week, and after that, geologists realized that the injection of salt and water solution in the anticline region of this region, where there was also a fault, caused the faults to break and create an artificial one. Earthquake in the region and the release of energy and this earthquake shows that humans can also cause earthquakes. Of course, earthquakes can be caused by other methods, one is like the explosion of a bomb on a fault. Like the bomb explosion in Mallard Karaj region in Alborz province in 1379 at 2:00 p.m. Tahir, 5 provinces that were on the Mesha fault shook and everyone felt it because with the explosion of this bomb that was used for testing in the military area, it suddenly exploded. and took responsibility. They were killed and injured, but because it was on the Masha fault, and this fault starts from about 400 kilometers from Abiq Qazvin and continues to the north of Semnan, it caused the fault to vibrate and release. energy, and perhaps there are other ways to rupture the fault, for example by using many dams in the area of ​​faults and folds of the earth where there are depressions and anticlines. Because the dams intensify the infiltration of water into the ground. Of course, other methods have also been proposed, such as the use of waste and sewage, which causes further destruction of the environment, because burying waste and sewage in fault locations, despite the presence of water, leads to further destruction of the environment on the ground. Therefore, it is possible to break the fault and create and sew strong concrete and cement in it. But all this is a theory, no country has done this yet and it is only a theory. According to geologists, faults are like seams around large blocks and large plates of the earth, and they are the release of the accumulated energy of the earth, and humans cannot prevent its release, and they should only make their houses or structures resistant. For example, by creating wagers, which are in the form of resistant houses, for example, the use of light unilite on the roofs of houses instead of bricks and reinforced concrete buildings, and also like the palm tree, which has deep roots, he made the houses deep and many columns. It made it strong and also by creating spring and rubber under the pillar of the house at the bottom of minus 2 parking lots; Houses are springs like the car you have; He made it so that during an earthquake it only shakes like God Kong, but does not fall, and people are saved, and the construction engineer wants to create springs and pistons in bridges and buildings and prevent the impact of an earthquake like a shock absorber. And these works are useful for saving people.
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Dear Mr. Abbas Kashani,
In the text you provided you are trying to answer to your own question on the possibility to make the earth's faults resistant and prevent them from breaking. I think that everything is possible in this world, but is it necessary to do? Of course not, because you are looking on this problem only from technical point of view but, by all means, you must first of all take into account financial aspect of this problem!!! Even if some methods will be suggested to make the earth's faults resistant and prevent them from breaking the huge funds across the globe and very complex technologies will be needed to do that. So, I consider this as a useless idea and undertaking.
My approach is different. I think that we must concentrate ourselves on the task to make buildings earthquake proof. I devoted myself on solving this important problem, and I created very simple and cost-effective seismic isolation technologies for construction of new and retrofitting of existing buildings. You can read my paper:
Mikayel G. Melkumyan. "Armenia is the World Leader in Development and Extensive Application of Low-Cost Seismic Isolation for Construction of New and Retrofitting of Existing Buildings". - Journal of Architecture and Construction (JAC), Volume 3, Issue 3, 2020, pp.43-60, ISSN: 2637-5796
I am sure that the way to save people from earthquake is to make resilient construction using modern and very efficient technologies!
Best regards,
Mikayel Melkumyan
Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Professor
Academician of the Saint-Petersburg Arctic Academy of Sciences
Academician of the Athens Institute for Education and Research
President of the Armenian Association for Earthquake Engineering
Vice-President of the International Association of CIS Countries on Base Isolation
Member of the USA Association for Science and Technology
Foreign member of the Research Center of Seismic Resistant Structures of the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
Eminent Expert of the Committee of Eminent Experts in International Research Base of Seismic Mitigation and Isolation of Gansu Province in China
Founder of the "Save the Yerevan Schools From Earthquakes" foundation
CEO of the "Melkumyan Seismic Technologies" LLC
+374 (91) 94-54-02
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Hello,
I agree in big parts with the opinion of Mikayel Grigor Melkumyan . The much more feasible way to prevent damage of earthquakes is to makes buildings safe.
What I don't see is a technology that can prevent faults from breaking. One problem is the size of a fault. They can be few hundred meters longs up to several hundreds of km. So, in the latter case you would have to provide lot of material to stop the faulting process.
Even if it would be possible the next problem is the very complex stress field and stress distribution in earthquake zones. If you would "fix" one fault the stress would go somewhere else and could trigger an earthquake somewhere else.
At the moment it is even a technically demanding task to stop slow landslides due to e.g. road cuts parallel to slopes. If the rock or soil mass is moving you have to react very quick with the right tools to prevent a failure. It also depends on the force applied by the rock/soil volume that is sliding. When the shear is to high there is is no available technique (special anchors, piles etc.) to prevent such an event. And I'm talking only about local landslides, not about preventing earthquakes.
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My humble submission is that a Christian is an individual who believes in and follows the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and the Bible so taking it from layman's point of view, a Christian and a Christian are synonymous. However, a Christian and a Christian are different ....
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It is a sacred ritual that symbolises the following critical issues for believer:
New life in Jesus Christ: Death to sin and rebirth in Jesus Christ. Forgiveness of sins: Cleansing from sin through faith in Jesus. Adoption into God's family: Becoming a child of God.
Public declaration of faith: Professing faith in Jesus Christ.
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There is no historical evidence to suggest that Martin Luther refused to be baptized. In fact, Martin Luther was baptized as an infant in the Roman Catholic Church on November 11, 1483, the day after he was born. Baptism was a standard practice in the Church at the time, and Luther, as a devout Christian, believed in its theological importance.
What Luther did oppose, later in his life, were certain practices and teachings of the Catholic Church, particularly concerning indulgences, the authority of the Pope, and the nature of salvation. He believed that salvation was by faith alone (sola fide) and that the Bible, rather than the Pope or Church tradition, should be the ultimate authority for Christians (sola scriptura).
However, none of these critiques extended to rejecting baptism.
In fact, Luther continued to affirm the importance of baptism throughout his life. In his writings, he emphasized the sacramental nature of baptism, teaching that it was a means of grace through which God’s promises are given to believers, making it central to Christian faith and practice.
So, Luther’s theological disputes were centered around issues like the sale of indulgences, the role of the Pope, and the interpretation of Scripture, but baptism was not among the practices he rejected.
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The reality Raed Rahim Khuder of peaceful coexistence between religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam can vary greatly based on a number of factors such as geographical location, political climate, history, and individual beliefs. There are many instances both historically and in present day where these religions do coexist peacefully in diverse communities. This is often where there is a mutual respect for the right to freedom of religion, and understanding and acceptance of different beliefs and practices. However, there are also situations where tensions and conflicts between these religions occur, often due to misunderstanding, prejudice, or political strife. The teachings of each of these religions itself advocate for peace, tolerance, and respect for all human beings. It is important to note that the actions of a few individuals or groups do not represent the views and beliefs of all members of a religion. Toward peaceful coexistence, interfaith dialogue and initiatives play a crucial role. They help foster understanding, mutual respect, and peace between adherents of different religions.
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Can we make the earth's faults resistant and prevent it from breaking? And have safe and secure homes?
There are several ways to prevent ground faults from shaking. According to most geologists, what causes the rupture of the earth's fault and the strong shaking of the fault and the release of energy from the center of the earthquake from the fault and the L waves or the P, S and L waves from inside the earth, is excessive pressure on the fault in millions of years. And most importantly, the penetration of water, humidity and cold into the faults is more in the cold seasons of the year; It happens like autumn, winter and spring and also in the early morning and night. And it causes the energy inside them to be released, and check this in the time series of several years of earthquakes, we understand the reason for the cold and water penetration into the faults, especially at night and early morning when the weather gets colder. This rupture of faults is more in the early morning and most earthquakes occur in the early morning from 4 am to 6 am or from 9 pm to 2 am. Underground and fault is easier. And now geologists have realized that man himself can create earthquakes in 3 or 4 ways, i.e. artificial earthquakes. For example, in the faults and in the parts where there is displacement in the folded layers of the earth, by digging Amin wells and injecting water pressure into these wells, it penetrates the layers inside the fault and causes energy to be released from within. They fall to the ground. The energy and rupture of the fault generated from the center of the artificial earthquake was created so that it would not shake too much and prevent continuous shaking. And then by filling it with reinforced concrete, it becomes like a nail in the ground, which can prevent the faults of the ground from breaking, because it is also mentioned in the Holy Quran. that mountains are like nails on the earth because mountains prevent the earth from shaking and we humans can create artificial earthquakes on the earth and prevent the eternal shaking of the earth in the fault zone and it is not only nature that nails like A mountain is like a mountain, humans themselves can create it, i.e. artificially create nails in the earth. These nails tighten the faults and prevent them from constantly vibrating. Of course, this experiment was conducted by geologists in the Texas region of America in 1946, when the oil well was at a shallow depth and they had to drill a well next to the oil well. Injection of water or a solution of water and salt. cause the well oil to rise. After a while they saw; An earthquake occurred in the Texas region of America for a week, and after that, geologists realized that the injection of salt and water solution in the anticline region of this region, where there was also a fault, caused the faults to break and create an artificial one. Earthquake in the region and the release of energy and this earthquake shows that humans can also cause earthquakes. Of course, earthquakes can be caused by other methods, one is like the explosion of a bomb on a fault. Like the bomb explosion in Mallard Karaj region in Alborz province in 1379 at 2:00 p.m. Tahir, 5 provinces that were on the Mesha fault shook and everyone felt it because with the explosion of this bomb that was used for testing in the military area, it suddenly exploded. and took responsibility. They were killed and injured, but because it was on the Masha fault, and this fault starts from about 400 kilometers from Abiq Qazvin and continues to the north of Semnan, it caused the fault to vibrate and release. energy, and perhaps there are other ways to rupture the fault, for example by using many dams in the area of ​​faults and folds of the earth where there are depressions and anticlines. Because the dams intensify the infiltration of water into the ground. Of course, other methods have also been proposed, such as the use of waste and sewage, which causes further destruction of the environment, because burying waste and sewage in fault locations, despite the presence of water, leads to further destruction of the environment on the ground. Therefore, it is possible to break the fault and create and sew strong concrete and cement in it. But all this is a theory, no country has done this yet and it is only a theory. According to geologists, faults are like seams around large blocks and large plates of the earth, and they are the release of the accumulated energy of the earth, and humans cannot prevent its release, and they should only make their houses or structures resistant. For example, by creating wagers, which are in the form of resistant houses, for example, the use of light unilite on the roofs of houses instead of bricks and reinforced concrete buildings, and also like the palm tree, which has deep roots, he made the houses deep and many columns. It made it strong and also by creating spring and rubber under the pillar of the house at the bottom of minus 2 parking lots; Houses are springs like the car you have; He made it so that during an earthquake it only shakes like God Kong, but does not fall, and people are saved, and the construction engineer wants to create springs and pistons in bridges and buildings and prevent the impact of an earthquake like a shock absorber. And these works are useful for saving people.
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Dear Mr. Abbas Kashani,
In the text you provided you are trying to answer to your own question on the possibility to make the earth's faults resistant and prevent them from breaking. I think that everything is possible in this world, but is it necessary to do? Of course not, because you are looking on this problem only from technical point of view but, by all means, you must first of all take into account financial aspect of this problem!!! Even if some methods will be suggested to make the earth's faults resistant and prevent them from breaking the huge funds across the globe and very complex technologies will be needed to do that. So, I consider this as a useless idea and undertaking.
My approach is different. I think that we must concentrate ourselves on the task to make buildings earthquake proof. I devoted myself on solving this important problem, and I created very simple and cost-effective seismic isolation technologies for construction of new and retrofitting of existing buildings. You can read my paper:
Mikayel G. Melkumyan. "Armenia is the World Leader in Development and Extensive Application of Low-Cost Seismic Isolation for Construction of New and Retrofitting of Existing Buildings". - Journal of Architecture and Construction (JAC), Volume 3, Issue 3, 2020, pp.43-60, ISSN: 2637-5796
I am sure that the way to save people from earthquake is to make resilient construction using modern and very efficient technologies!
Best regards,
Mikayel Melkumyan
Doctor of Sciences (Engineering), Professor
Academician of the Saint-Petersburg Arctic Academy of Sciences
Academician of the Athens Institute for Education and Research
President of the Armenian Association for Earthquake Engineering
Vice-President of the International Association of CIS Countries on Base Isolation
Member of the USA Association for Science and Technology
Foreign member of the Research Center of Seismic Resistant Structures of the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
Eminent Expert of the Committee of Eminent Experts in International Research Base of Seismic Mitigation and Isolation of Gansu Province in China
Founder of the "Save the Yerevan Schools From Earthquakes" foundation
CEO of the "Melkumyan Seismic Technologies" LLC
+374 (91) 94-54-02
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Hello,
I agree in big parts with the opinion of Mikayel Grigor Melkumyan . The much more feasible way to prevent damage of earthquakes is to makes buildings safe.
What I don't see is a technology that can prevent faults from breaking. One problem is the size of a fault. They can be few hundred meters longs up to several hundreds of km. So, in the latter case you would have to provide lot of material to stop the faulting process.
Even if it would be possible the next problem is the very complex stress field and stress distribution in earthquake zones. If you would "fix" one fault the stress would go somewhere else and could trigger an earthquake somewhere else.
At the moment it is even a technically demanding task to stop slow landslides due to e.g. road cuts parallel to slopes. If the rock or soil mass is moving you have to react very quick with the right tools to prevent a failure. It also depends on the force applied by the rock/soil volume that is sliding. When the shear is to high there is is no available technique (special anchors, piles etc.) to prevent such an event. And I'm talking only about local landslides, not about preventing earthquakes.
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Making Earth's faults resistant and preventing them from breaking is currently beyond our technological capabilities. Faults are fractures in the Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet and move. These movements are driven by the immense forces generated by the Earth's internal heat and the planet's dynamic processes. Here’s a detailed explanation:
Understanding Faults and Tectonic Activity
1. Nature of Faults: Faults are natural features resulting from the movement of tectonic plates. They can cause earthquakes when accumulated stress is released.
2. Tectonic Forces: These forces are generated by the Earth’s internal heat, causing convection currents in the mantle. This movement is responsible for the creation, destruction, and shifting of tectonic plates.
Challenges in Making Faults Resistant
1. Scale and Magnitude: The scale of tectonic plates and the forces involved are enormous. Engineering solutions at such a scale are not feasible with current technology.
2. Unpredictability: Earthquakes are inherently unpredictable. The precise timing and magnitude of seismic events cannot be accurately forecasted, making it difficult to mitigate their effects in advance.
3. Depth and Accessibility: Fault lines can extend deep into the Earth’s crust, often several kilometers below the surface. Accessing and manipulating these depths is beyond our current engineering capabilities.
Mitigating Earthquake Damage
While we cannot prevent faults from moving, we can design safer structures and improve our infrastructure to withstand seismic events better:
1. Building Codes and Standards:
o Implementing strict building codes that require structures to be designed and constructed to withstand seismic forces.
o Use of materials and construction techniques that enhance the flexibility and resilience of buildings.
2. Seismic Retrofitting:
o Upgrading existing buildings and infrastructure to improve their earthquake resistance.
o Techniques include reinforcing walls, foundations, and adding shock absorbers or base isolators to buildings.
3. Advanced Engineering Techniques:
o Use of base isolation systems that decouple buildings from ground motion.
o Incorporation of energy-dissipating devices that absorb and dissipate seismic energy.
4. Urban Planning:
o Avoiding construction in high-risk areas, such as directly on fault lines or on unstable soil.
o Developing emergency response plans and ensuring that infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and utilities are designed to remain operational after an earthquake.
Monitoring and Early Warning Systems
1. Seismological Research: Investing in research to better understand fault mechanics and earthquake precursors.
2. Early Warning Systems: Developing and implementing early warning systems that can provide seconds to minutes of warning before an earthquake, allowing people to take protective actions.
Conclusion
While making the Earth's faults resistant is not feasible, we can significantly reduce the risk to human life and property through engineering, urban planning, and early warning systems. Continuous advancements in technology and a better understanding of seismic activities can help create safer and more resilient communities
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I am the editor of a Christian theology journal called Pengarah: Jurnal Teologi Kristen (Pengarah: the Journal of Christian Theology). This journal is published by an evangelical theological school, Sekolah Tinggi Alkitab Tiranus (Tyrannus Bible Seminary), in Indonesia. We wanted to take this journal to the next level by publishing English articles while still publishing Indonesian articles. This journal is open-access and has been accredited in Indonesia with second-level grades. Pengarah also has been indexed in DOAJ. If you are a Christian theologian interested in helping Christianity in the majority world, don't hesitate to contact me. I've included the link to the journal website and its DOAJ page below.
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Dear Alla, what do you mean?
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According to a 1907 reproduction, the 1842 article was published in: Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Bohmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften.
The 1907 reproduction, apparently under the auspices of H. A. Lorentz, can be found at: https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/PX6IXQLYSSVGGDQSZHMHONP5KWBS4FWL
An English translation of Doppler's 1842 monograph can be found in the book by Alec Eden, "The search for Christian Doppler"
Is such an important article only available as a reproduction?
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Fidelity amongst married couples not only a demonstration of obedience to God but a way to ensure family stability
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I find that selective portions of Christianity are evident in the Qur'an, myths but not its ethics!
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A. Geiger worked on the emergence of Islam and the influence of Oriental Christianity
Imo, Judaism, Christianity and Islam are deeply interwoven, with respect to written, oral and legal traditions, in terms of cultural contact (and conflict). Most of the ‚erected fences‘ are ethnographic, anthropological and do also relate to the official ‚belief‘ in actual historical events.
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In his book, "The Guide for the Perplexed," Maimonides dedicated an entire section to discussing the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the teachings of Islam.
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There are a number of viewpoints regarding sentencing in Criminal Justice that claim Judeo-Christian status, ranging from very strict to very lenient but properly belonging to this tradition is a far different matter. To my mind, the proper Judeo-Christian response depends on the attitude of repentance found in the perpetrator. A repentant perpetrator deserves a more merciful sentence, but a non-repentant one deserves a harsher one. Judging the attitude of repentance can be a problem though.
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I am working in a medieval Christian cemetery in the center of the Iberian Peninsula (13th - 15th centuries).
The burials are all common according to the Christian rite (supine decubitus, arms on the belly), except for this one. I have not yet carried out the bioanthropological study, but at first glance, it does not seem that there is any pathology affecting the leg joints. They have been placed like this intentionally.
(As you may have seen, there are the remains of two individuals; one of them was removed to place this body).
Does anyone know of any similar case in the bibliography?
Thank you so much.
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I am interested in the relevance and application of Jungian psychology to esoteric and hermetic Christian spiritual practices and doctrines, those of Eastern Christianity in particular.
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Thank you! That is an excellent idea. Best wishes, Eric
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I am interested on the application of Christian esotericism and Hermeticism to the development Of Orthodox Theology and spirituality (Sophiology, Theosis, theological anthropology). I am also interested in the relevance of Jungian psychology to Orthodox spiritual practices, such as the Jesus Prayer.
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i recommend Gadamar's Truth and Method, and Heidegger's Being and Time.
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The phenomenon of missionary Christianity is connected with the attempt to inscribe Christianity in the conditions of countries which are characterised by authoritarian socio-political systems. Because of the latter, Christianity is presented in a negative light, if only as a religion that legitimises colonial conquests. One method of counteracting this negativism should be a better thought-out and more professionally applied policy of conscious image-building in the closer and wider social environment.
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yes, the image control and shaping is important in additon to more powerful prayers.
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Explain the Key Factors Influencing Prophetism African Christian Worship
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Worship and prophecy are different in many aspects of religion and faith. We worship to show thankfulness to God. We prophecy to tell the person or persons what God says. The worshiper gives praise, and glory to God. The prophet faces God to get a message. Then the prophet goes to face the person or persons to deliver the message/word from God. This is totally opposite of the priest that faces the people then goes to petition God on their behalf.
Unlike worship which is present, past, and future praises to God in different voices. Prophecy from God speaks one voice present, past, and future at the same time. Because God created time, he is sovereign over time. That is why some prophecies have been revealed (past), yet to be revealed (future), revealed now (present), and many are cyclical revealing itself time after time (past, present, and future at the same time in the same voice)
There are no key factors influencing prophecies from God. God influences. God is omni conscious (aware of all), omniscient (knows all), and omnipresent (everywhere at all times and all places). So what motivates God to communicate with man through prophecy? It is what God is; God is love. Just as a father loves a child. You are not going to let your child go to danger or his/her own hurt without a forewarning.
The prophet is judged by the prophecy. If the prophecy comes true it is from God. God is truth. If it (prophecy) does not come true, then it is a false prophesy from a false prophet.
Mar_13:22  For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Luk_6:26  Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Therefore, if a prophet is popular, it is safe to consider that the prophet and prophecy are false. What is the message like from a true prophet delivering the word of God?
Heb_4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart..
Jesus stated the following regarding the believers who will and have prophesied the truth:
Mat 5:11  Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 
Mat 5:12  Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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I am using document analysis to explore how Christian philosophies of education are presented.
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Thank you so much - very helpful.
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Respectfully who agrees that reincarnation is highly improbable? How? Why? My answer: Respectfully, I believe reincarnation is highly improbable for many reasons including but not limited to:
0)Eternal salvation for all is the most probable afterlife.
1)The uniqueness of each organism, meaning if everyone and all organisms are unique then they unlikely share spirits.
1.5)Spirits probably individualize each being.
2)The low probability of absolutes, that would govern the reincarnation cycle, besides, the Holy Trinity(one entity in three different unfalsifiable forms which all double as survival heuristics).
3) More specifically, God the Father is reason, logos, the master of the simulation theory, the creator, Yahweh, and the unmoved mover.
4)Jesus, God the Son, is the perfect individual, humanity’s redeemer, everyone’s savior, and the gate keeper to the fourth dimension(http://www.math.brown.edu/tbanchof/Yale/project13/bible.htm ).
5) The Holy Spirit, the moral guidepost, observably vibes, empathy, etc.
6)My sources are available for more explanation.
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Actually, the concept of reincarnation has been carefully studied, and is still being studied under the auspices of the University of Virginia (the late Ian Stevenson began the program) among others. These studies have found support for reincarnation, although not specifically for it as associated with the general beliefs of cultures from the Indian subcontinent, but then at least three other cultures also have well-established beliefs in reincarnation also, they are just lesser known.
And interestingly enough, some of these studies also suggest a link with NDEs, another field that materialistic science tries to discount. In both cases though what is often done is to explain a part of the phenomenon and then claim that the entirety is explained. However, this is a logical flaw as explaining even 99% of something does not explain 100% by simple definition., but rather allows one to know where to concentrate their future studies. The unexplained 1% might well produce a result that requires a new explanation of the 99% as happens on many occasions in true science.
And to invoke the Christian concept of the Trinity in order to justify rejecting reincarnation is not a scientific approach but rather a faith dogmatic faith based one as the Christian trinity is itself an unproven, and indeed unprovable, concept. Dogmatism is the eternal foe of true research, whether openly religious or concealed as scientism or another ism.
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RESPECTFULLY, I believe counterintuitively and anecdotally, sometimes those who abandon Judaism, Christianity and or Judaism for Jesus , gravitate to less epistemologically found beliefs such as determinism, scientific materialism, reincarnation, etc.
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Alexander Ohnemus , I am still following your discussion.
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There is no evidence that Mecca existed, nor Muhammad, although the latter is debated. The Birmingham codices have been judged to have been written before the time of Muhammad, which is likely as the two segments carry a story normally associated with Egyptian religion.
My take is that, in parts, it is a book of conquest.
There is no clear evidence of Christ. Certainly not one hair of evidence for Moses. For me, the real story of the development of monotheistic is far more interesting as it concerns the development of human thought.
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  • Islam spread through military conquest, trade, pilgrimage, and missionaries.
  • Arab Muslim forces conquered vast territories and built imperial structures over time.
  • (Citation from the source).
Personally, I have no doubt that Muhammad existed.
North Arabia is the reasonable location.
Judaism and Oriental Christianity were surely great cultural contact points.
I worked a lot on the hypotheses of Abraham Geiger:
from the perspective of the science of Judaism (Extended by a scientific approach to Islam).
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The aim of the research is to compare and contrast the eschatology of both religion, and to explore their interactions and influences.
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Trust Ekechi, possible Zoroastrian influence on early Christian apocalyptic views was mediated through early Judaism, which Zoroastrianism may have influenced (this is debated) already before the Jesus movement ("early Christianity") began. Here are some pertinent readings:
Jean Duhaime, “Dualism,” Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls 1:215–220
Shaul Shaked, “Qumran and Iran: Further Considerations,” Israel Oriental Studies2 (1972): 433–446.
David Winston, “The Iranian Component in the Bible, Apocrypha, and Qumran: A Review of the Evidence,” History of Religions 5, no. 2 (1966): 183–216
Vicente Dobroruka, Persian Influence on Daniel and Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (Jewish and Christian Texts, 19)
Hope this helps.
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How related are the two occurrences of Christianity having a liberal net cultural effect and God the father, the son, and the holly spirit all, if followed precisely, causing their followers to be liberals? How? Why?
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Christianity is conservative in some points including three persons in one God
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How many people would return to Catholicism if the church becomes universalist(everyone is stated, by the clergy, to receive eternal salvation)? Why? How?
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I think that - very likely - Paul Kuei-chi Tseng's contribution ("no comment") is the wisest one, given the nature of the question - but (foolishly), I would add the following:
  • Why could there be even any hypothetical benefit in the Catholic church becoming universalist? There are plenty of other religious or semi-religious bodies which adopt such a position, and the people who join them do so because they don't like the idea of a righteous deity who might possibly have something to say, judicially, about human sin.
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Who agrees that counterintuitively, eternal salvation is universal because morality is objective but relative? How? Why? My answer: morality is relative yet objective because reciprocity and harm avoidance are the objective moral roots yet, firstly the tradition, secondly the risk analysis, and thirdly the skin in the game, that moral practices derive from, can differ. As for the afterlife, God commands that we try our best in whatever predicament he plants us in(no individual chooses (insert pronoun) own genes, (insert pronoun) environment, and or (insert pronoun) self). Suffering may be philosophically justified by meaning. Free will is compatible with determinism(both are unfalsifiable and believing in each of them is a survival heuristic. Therefore, somethings in life are choices while others are not). Thus God is merciful upon mistakes and takes all into eternal salvation.
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Morality isn't relative if you are not a moral relativist. Because if we say that morality is relative, it means there is no morality at all.
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How does the improbability of literal eternal damnation dispute notions of a Faustian Bargain? Why? How?
Most parsimoniously the afterlife is a Christian Universalist Heaven thus resulting in inevitable eternal salvation for every possible being. Thus notions of a Faustian Bargain, that temporary gratification is accepted at the price of eternal damnation, are a moot point.
My Sources:
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Faustian bargain". Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Nov. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Faustian-bargain. Accessed 10 December 2023.
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I think the presumptions inherent within the question are questionable. The concept of 'literal eternal damnation' (and that itself comes laden with baggage) is only 'improbable' if we take a neutral/lenient view of human wickedness, or denature the doctrine of God's justice. The question also becomes unworkable if a materialist view of reality is adopted, the kind of perspective that would be inherent to the 'Faustian bargain'.
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We are told that the Old Testament is the Jewish Scriptures, adopted and shaped by the Early Church.
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The Old Testament, in its final form, serves as both a Christian canon and a Jewish canon. Despite this commonality, there exist notable distinctions in content and arrangement between the Christian Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh.
The Jewish canon comprises three primary sections. First, the Torah, or Law, encompasses the initial five books attributed to Moses—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Second, the Nevi'im, or Prophets, encompass prophetic books like Joshua, Judges, Samuel (1 and 2), Kings (1 and 2), Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets. Lastly, the Ketuvim, or Writings, encompasses various texts such as Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles (1 and 2).
In contrast, the Christian Old Testament mirrors the books of the Hebrew Bible but follows a distinct organization. This Christian canon is divided into four principal sections. The Pentateuch, akin to the Torah, contains the first five books attributed to Moses. The Historical Books section comprises works like Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. Wisdom Literature, resembling the Ketuvim, features Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon. The Prophets section is categorised into Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Daniel) and Minor Prophets (Hosea to Malachi).
Differences between the Jewish and Christian canons primarily revolve around the arrangement of books and the inclusion of additional texts in the Christian Old Testament, notably recognised by Catholic traditions as the Deuterocanonical books or the Apocrypha. These additional books include Tobit, Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, and 1 and 2 Maccabees, accepted by some Christian denominations.
In summary, while both the Jewish and Christian canons share a foundational corpus of texts, disparities in arrangement and book inclusion distinguish the Christian Old Testament from the Jewish Tanakh.
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How can ethics based on empathy, anti-fragility, and Christianity all be reconciled?
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Truths can reconcile difference. Men of seeking truths can reconcile them.
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How distressed would reincarnation believers be to realize that the afterlife is a universalist Christian heaven instead of being born again? Why? How? My answer: According to India in 2021, apparently not distressed because in many(if not all) the religions that do believe in reincarnation, a point comes when the soul stops reincarnating.
Work Cited:
“Reincarnation is a mainstream teaching in Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism. But fewer than half of Indians in each of these groups say they believe in reincarnation. For example, 40% of India's Hindus believe in reincarnation”(PEW RESEARCH CENTER 2021).
Sahgal, Neha, et al. “11. Religious Beliefs.” Pewresearch.com, Pew Research Center , 29 June 2021, www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/06/29/religious-beliefs-2/. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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Fred White I consider the Bible to be a source of metaphors, survival heuristics, and a possibility of partially being epistemologically literally true.
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Is conservatism or liberalism more in line with natural law? Why? How? Liberalism is more in line with natural law because of the emphasis on reciprocity and harm avoidance instead of an equal attention on those two moral variables, plus purity, authority, and in group loyalty. For humanity to survive they must realize that a universalist Christian heaven, exists beyond a reasonable doubt and if such an afterlife does not exist then we are all going to eventually die anyway and that is most comforting, parsimonious and biblically consistent afterlife(if Jesus did not say it in the bible then it is up for debate, see John Fuglesang). With those metaphysics, epistemology should be skeptical empiricism(with objective reality independent of perception). Thus returning to a universalist Christian ethics and anti-racist liberal politics.
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In my opinion, the natural law does not know about the conservatism and the liberalism. It is one and unique, strange and alien to these.
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Why are there three?
This is a discussion of why there are “always” three.
Of the basic electric charges of the atomic nucleus, and of its simple known constituents proton, neutron and electron.
Of the Christian religion, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
From water molecules, carbon dioxide, silicon dioxide.
From electronic valve Triode, Emitter, Collector, Base, to transistor, pnp, npn.
To the basics of defining Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors.
In computational logic, with its transistors, stop, analysis, action.
The basic equations of Newton's second law.
PV/T = R;
E = mc2 ;
E = 3/2KT.
Maxwell Equations!
c2 µo εo = 1
Among many others.
What can be said about it?
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Dear Yavoruk,
It is about three variables, such as: P, V and T; E, M and c.
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In which beliefs does Universalist Christianity overlap with Humanist Universalism?
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Orthodox Christianity stresses the importance of love and community service, which touches the core of human nature.
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Published within the last 5 years
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Charch library you can find your book
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Two ideas are talked about in this article, in particular, the (solidarity of the) Trinity and God's ubiquity. These two ideas are profoundly implanted in the Christian confidence framework and religion - they really structure both the premise and take-off point for the Christian religion. The point of this article is to return to the (Early Church and present) doctrine of the Congregation about the Trinity and inescapability of God because of the sins and expressions of remorse connected to this creed, and to reexamine the idea of the idea 'Trinity' connected to God's ubiquity. The verifiable strategy is utilized in the conversation of the (essential) sources and to arrive at the result.
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The point of departure is significant. This is a subject deserving further and deeper research.
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To protect the most vulnerable, Should we Watch Richard B. Spencer debate the Jolly Heretic(Dr. Edward Croft Dutton )and see who is Worse? Spencer (maybe) is left leaning. Dutton is right leaning. Spencer does not like Christianity. Dutton likes Christianity. What is Spencer's take on the Patriotic Alternative in the UK?
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Too extreme views can not create wellbeing and generate wisdom.
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I particularly mean monotheisms, which are part of imperialist debate that rarely, if ever, get referenced. While Judaism occupies a territorial range subject to its own imperialist myths, Christianity and Islam occupy global regions that have no limits.
Christianity gained its global reach through its absorption into the Roman empire, a military construct that had no limits and which remains with us in the Papacy and all the Holy Roman polities of the past. Its conquests came alongside the imperialist adventures of European nations solidifying the achievements of swords and rifles. Islam, although there is no evidence of conversion alongside the earliest Arab conquests, seems to have practised conversion with or through conquest after Byzantine and Persian pushbacks against its rule a few decades later. Conversion and conquest then occurred together, the swords of early Arab armies pushing Islam through and into the Old World and Africa.
Both had or have missionaries that work more discretely to create cultural hegemony.
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Wishing all of us an an expansion of our spirit; perhaps our spiritual outlook can be a tool not for limiting our world, but for expanding it. Therefore, in summary, we should try to avoid getting sucked in to the ‘it’s never going to be any different’ attitude, but rather realise that we are not limited by norms.
We must remind ourselves daily to strive for freedom in order to hear, and to strive to hear in order to be free.
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In Christian tradition, mountains are symbolic icons that reference the early temple. Whether the ancient temple itself, or a genuine mountain, the idea of safety, or being closer to God, or as a visible symbolism of God, holds certain religious inference. A few Biblical examples: (Exodus 24:12-18, Isaiah 2:1-5 & Micah 4:2 & 7).
Having done some study of mountains as symbols of God (or as things of sacred symbolism) in virtually every religious or cultural belief system, in the many countries of the world (Christian or not), it seems there is some common connection or point of origin. Like the story of the great flood, which appears in so many cultural beliefs and traditions through out the world. And the idea of ritual washings that, likewise, appear as common practice in many countries and religious cultures. Too, the idea of ritual, below-ground, ceremonies are common place in many ancient cultures, as is the idea of rebirth, and the idea of circular ceremonial centers, honoring the dead, expectations of seeing the dead when we die. Also the Biblical “Sun God.“ There must be some common background, or a point of common origin that was, somehow, later dispersed throughout the world, and became a part of the many cultures of the world; which yet remain in our cultures as very stubborn, religious symbolisms.
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I think there is no need to refer to unknown elements to explain most common elements. For example, I think there is no need to think about contacts between ancient cultures to explain the mythologization of mountains, washing in water, flood, rebirth and so on. It is us those who are different. I mean, dealing with important events and elements of life by adopting an abstract kind of thinking, typical of philosophy, is a relatively recent mental attitude. The most ancient attitude is by narratives instead. They found easily natural, spontaneous, instinctive, to build tales, myths, narratives, to approach great events, facts and things. I am tempted to find in dreams a confirmation that this narrative way is the most natural and instinctive human way of elaborating emotions and experiences. In dreaming our mind does spontaneously the same thing that we find in the myths of the different cultures in the world: building tales and narrative. It has been noticed that actually even working with the most abstract things, which is numbers, maths, has its origin in narratives: it's not by chance that words like counting, accounting, teller, despite being referred to numbers, are etymologically connected with telling, that is telling stories, telling narratives. It is our contemporary mentality, largely influenced by scientific abstraction, that finds narratives something special, surprising. But actually the opposite is true: narrating, mythologizing, seems to be one of most natural, easy and instinctive human activity. We have just lost it in favour of science,which now makes us surprised when we find so many similar narratives in ancient cultures.
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In his essay (https://theloop.ecpr.eu/can-you-put-food-inside-words-are-invitations-not-containers/), Christian Ewert argues that narratives - or stories - are powerful. This is so because they can be shared and, through that virtue, they can inform others, challenge beliefs, broaden horizons, lead to changed thoughts, even new outcomes in behaviour, policies, and so forth.
Given the power of stories, which Agustin Goenaga (https://theloop.ecpr.eu/what-democracy-should-be-for-us/) also highlights, should we all be doing more to tell stories to others, to so called "lay persons", from our research - especially to sing praise of the works of those we admire?
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I think that one aspect that has gained attention in recent years is the role of storytelling in democracy studies. In my observation, Storytelling for example, can provide valuable insights into the experiences and perspectives of individuals within democratic systems. In fact, Narratives can illuminate the lived realities of people, highlight social and political challenges, and foster empathy and understanding among diverse communities. My little readings so far informs me that by centering storytelling in democracy studies, we can capture the multifaceted nature of democratic practices and their impact on individuals and societies.
Storytelling also has the potential to engage a broader audience and make democracy more accessible (see the works of Polletta & Lea, 2006 "Is Telling Stories Good for Democracy? Rhetoric in Public Deliberation after 9/11"). Umpteen times, through narratives, complex political concepts can be conveyed in a relatable and engaging manner, enabling people from various backgrounds to connect with democratic ideas and values. It allows for a more inclusive and participatory approach to understanding and practicing democracy.
However, much as I side with Christian Ewert, I strongly believe that, equally, it is important to note that storytelling should complement other rigorous scholarly methods and approaches in democracy studies. Critically,it should be seen as an additional tool for capturing diverse perspectives and enriching our understanding of democracy, rather than a sole method of analysis. The integration of storytelling alongside other methodologies can contribute to a more comprehensive and nuanced exploration of democratic theory and practice.
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who published conversion to christianity by hefner?
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University of California Press.
you can access it online through Google Books.
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Christian Ewert states that:
"The White House in Washington DC, the Scorpions’ Wind of Change, and the 🦋 symbol of this blog series – all these disparate things might remind us of democracy."
What things might remind you of democracy? Share them here!
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The Statue of Liberty (June 17, 1885) is another well-known symbol that reminds us of democracy. It is a symbol of freedom, justice, and the pursuit of happiness, all of which are essential principles of democracy. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States and is a reminder of the friendship between two democracies.
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The gifts (gold, frankincense, myrrh) were not of such a nature that they would've been of use to humble folks, except as items with a resale value to a broker. It has been suggested that the gold was used to pay the innkeeper, but that seems unlikely since a common innkeeper would not have been used to dealing in gold. Denarius coins (mostly bronze with minimal silver content) were the common currency of the day.
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It seems to me that it is not so much a matter of insufficient evidence but of the impossibility of a plausible answer. Hence it appears an assessment along the lines of what Stanley Wilkin appears to be suggesting is most likely — just a story element borrowed, for propaganda purposes, from practices associated with the birth of literal kings.
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Hello All,
I am seeking three gracious volunteers for my field test. I am conducting a qualitative descriptive research study to explore how U.S. Christian pastors describe their experiences of responding to challenges when attempting to lead responsibly in the context of the 21st century.
To participate:
  • You are at least 18 years old
  • Currently serve or previously served as a Christian Protestant pastor
  • Served in a pastoral leadership role for a minimum of one year [For example senior pastor, student pastor, associate pastor, worship pastor, etc.]
  • Pastored a congregation in the United States
  • Pastored after the year 2000
Field testing will be for my qualitative interview. The interviews will take place via Zoom and last for no more than 60 minutes. I would like to conduct the interviews between Sept. 25 through Oct. 1.
If you would like to participate, please respond to this message or email me at slee77@my.gcu.edu so we can schedule a day and time that will work for your schedule.
Kindly,
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Thank you for the consideration. I do however live in Africa and have never pastored a church in in the USA. I am therefore ineligible to take part in this
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There is a big difference between the function of Christian art and Islamic art... which caused a difference in the general appearance between them even though they both grew up in almost the same place..
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Well done... This is exactly the difference between Islamic art and Christian art..
It was the position of Muslim religious scholars regarding the depiction of humans and animals that determined the form of Islamic art, which tended to depict plants, and then Muslims excelled in that art.
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Where are independent higher education research centres specialising in TRUE Orthodox Christianity, not to be confused with Orthodox Christianity ? True Orthodox Christianity rejects the modernism with its roots in the Russian and earlier Revolutions, including the paracanonical (canonically impermissible) calendar reforms promulgated by incomplete Robber Synods starting with the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the 1920s and the genocide of True (aka Authentic, Genuine or Catacomb) Orthodox Christianity by modernist Orthodox Christianity, resulting ultimately in the response of the True Orthodox Christian 1983 Anathema against Ecumenism by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) aka Russian Orthodox Church in Exile (ROCIE), embraced by all True, Authentic, Genuine and Catacomb Orthodox Christians. The True Orthodox genocide is numerically by far the greatest Christian martyrdom ever, with tens of millions in the former Russian Empire alone (a large majority of the 110 million "The Economist" estimates were murdered by the Soviet regime alone), was triggered by the refusal of the World Council of Churches, meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to allow a Greek True Orthodox bishop to speak about this matter, though the New York Times published his proposed address. In response the anathema was promulgated, in English, the WCC official language, at the ROCOR Synodical meeting at their monastery in Mansonville, Québec, also in Canada. Despite making up between 1 and 10% of the Orthodox Christian populations, in the broad sense of the term, throughout the world, I have been, even as an interested True Orthodox Christian, been unable to find any state recognised study centres devoted to the study of True Orthodox Christianity, as opposed to Orthodox Christianity. Some institutions, such as Cambridge University's Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies claim to have all locally active Orthodox Synods represented on their governing bodies, but didn't respond to my request for the publicly available details of the True Orthodox Christian Synods represented there. In any event, that Institute is not an Institute of TRUE Orthodox Christian studies.
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No, they've been involved in instigating and coordinating the persecution of True Orthodox Christians since their forced introduction of the new calendar in the 1920s, for example sending in the Greek police to shut down True Orthodox liturgies by force, resulting in the death of peaceful True Orthodox Christians trying to block them off, peacefully, from their priests. St. Catherine of Mandra died in this way from her injuries from a Greek police rifle butt to the back of her head in 1927 after over a week in hospital (in which, though she never regained speech, she was able to write a note to her surviving husband asking him to take care of her two small children, her angels. The new calendar has always been rejected by True Orthodox Christians who uphold holy tradition and reject the thoroughly modernist dominated Patriarchate of Constantinople's failure to repent and consequently haven't re-established communion with it until this happens. The official address of the Patriarchate of Constantinople is Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey. Istanbul is the biggest city in Europe and one of the largest in Asia, with 15 million plus people and still growing fast, with the Constantinople part of it, including the Phanar, long swallowed up. The fact that they've received some very raw treatment themselves from the Turkish state, though utterly deplorable, doesn't alter this. I'm fairly certain (99% confident) no such independent institution recognised by the academic and state authorities, exists. I would much welcome collaboration in getting one set up! Long overdue since the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (ROCA) seminary and college at Jordanville, upper New York state, affiliated to, but receiving no funding from, the State University of New York, joined the Ecumenist and Sergianist "Moscow Patriarchate" (entirely subservient to the Soviet Union and its successor state the Russian Federation since Sergius's surrender in 1927), in the 2007 union between the Sergianists and most of ROCA. 105 and counting years of pers
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Since the 1800s, linguistics have been using Reed-Kellogg diagramming to teach about English syntax, but in 1916 we have Ferdinand de Saussure’s “Langue vs. Parole.” In 1954 we have John Gumpers’s and Dell Hymes’s S.P.E.A.K.I.N.G. model for language variation. In 1955 we have George Trager’s and Henry Lee Smith’s –eme and allo- forms (phoneme, allophone, etc.). In 1957 we have Noam Chomsky’s Generative Transformational grammar. In 1959, we have Kenneth Pike’s “Particle, Wave, and Field” grammar. In 1966 we have Charles Fillmore’s Deep Cases. In 1969 we have John Searle’s and J. L. Austin’s “Speech Acts” grammar. In 1980 we have George Lakoff’s “Metaphors we Live By.” In 1989 we have H. P. Grice’s “Conversational Implicatures.” In 2000 we have George Lakoff’s Embodiment. In 2000 we have Victor Raskin’s Script-Model Grammar, Salvatore Attardo’s adaption of Script-Model Grammar to long and sophisticated discourses, and Christian Hempleman’s adaption of Script-Model Grammar to Artificial Intelligence. So what is next in the continuing history of linguistics?
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Michal Mistecky: Excellent link. Thanks.
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the vision is to discuss the about the ethical development and also to develop mature, informed vocationally skilled leaders of integrity, faithfulness and excellence!!
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Christian leaders should follow Christ's commandments related to loving God and neighbours.
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Hello.
I am preparing a master's degree in theology and I am looking for documentation concerning Christian discipleship, its foundations and its possible evolutions in secularised Western societies, Would any of you like to help me ?
Thank you in advance for your help.
René Foltz
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I can recommend this book, it looks into the history and practice of the priesthood of all believers, which is connected closly to discipleship: https://wipfandstock.com/9781725273962/lived-theology/
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Hello! I'm a new observer on the iNaturalist system, and I mostly post insect macro photos ( https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=cback&verifiable=any ).
I find that Mecoptera, in spite of their relative abundance, diversity and phylogenetic interest, are an orphan group in terms of systematics references, at least for North America. I read your comment on BugGuide about the non-availability of Penny's monograph. Has anyone managed to secure a copy of this document? It would be a starting point in order to provide high quality photos of specimens with a verifiable ID. Grateful if you can spare the time for a reply,
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Christian Back
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Christian Back (This is not about the monograph, but may be of use, please ignore if it is off-top or repeats what you already have). The Internet Archive Wayback Machine saved the site Penny's curated collection site entitled: "The Mecoptera of North America" seven times between March 29, 2013 and February 9, 2021. [In my location behind the Great Firewall the images do not load, but you may have more luck if they are linked and archived.] The archied site also list some contact information for (deceased) Norm Penny which you may be able to use to contact the current collection manager or find out the disposition of the collection:
Cheers,
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As the title says, I need help with finding articles/books that are available. I am having trouble finding articles on this matter.
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Let me first say this is an guide to answers and not a thesis.
However, there is minimal Zoroastrian influence on Judaism. There is more influence from African/Egyptian Theology on the revealed religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. I base this on Abram coming to Jerusalem and finding the the priest of the Most High God already well established in Jerusalem. Mohammed came from Midian where prior to the conquest of Persia was long ruled by Egypt (see Moses's wife and father in law religion). African/Egyptian Theology is not polytheistic as many believe. It is Henotheism believing there is one god manifested/revealed to man in other beings/gods but in all is only one god. “I became the becoming of those who became after my becoming, for numerous are the desires coming out of my mouth (spoken word to create), …After being only one God, it is three that I became for myself and for Shu (air/spirit), certainly, and Tefnut (water) came out of the Nun (dark empty void) where they were: they brought my eye after them.” This is individuality or one to give plurality in more than one (specifically 3 in trinity). Elohim is God in plurality and individuality. This is very evident in Genesis 1:1-3. So there goes that Zoroastrian influence theory.
Also, the Medes (Zoroastrian religion) were not influential on Judaism until the conquering of Judah, According to the Holy Bible, God prophesied of Cyrus The Great. It would be the other way around if Zoroastrian prophesied of Cyrus. If so, they would not have not lost power the the Persians knowing that Cyrus was coming.
There may be some influence on Christianity, and some on Islam. This was necessitated by the influence of Hellenism by the Greeks and then the Romans who ruled over nations. As a religious rebellion to Hellenistic gods, Zoroastrian, Christianity, and Islam had a common religious enemy.
Finally, just because religions have social and moral goodwill to mankind does not mean one influenced the other. Goodwill (Agape/charitable love) to mankind comes for the spirit of God that was given to all men and women before any of man's religions were created or established. Religion is man's outward appearance to man that he has a relationship with God. Faith is man's inward appearance to God that he has a relationship with God. God moves man to faith in God. Man moves Man to religion with man.
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We need sincere input, dedicated research, and a genuine appreciation of our Exodus2045 Movement, which is underway for Melanated Christian Americans et al., to flee from the clutches of injustice brought on by systematic governmental oppression into a Newfoundland.
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Man is a being that has to live with his fellows due to his nature. As a human and social being, there must be rules that determine their rights, responsibilities and duties in social life. Because a life without rules means turmoil and conflict. Keeping away from turmoil and conflict is determined by the values ​​of the society. These values ​​and rules are based on religion, laws, customs and traditions. The rules that have the widest scope of social values ​​are the rules of ethics. Because all the rules that express value in short, the universal values, the orders and prohibitions of religion, the boundaries determined by the laws are absolutely connected with morality in one aspect. This is the point that draws our attention in its definition as a word. Morality is the whole of the value judgments that show how the qualities that are about to be natural and how they should behave or not behave in relations with the being and with people, including the human being. In another aspect, Morality can also be defined as the formal or informal rules that are expected to be followed by individuals in a society and the rightful performance of the duties and duties that individuals are responsible for. If morality is lived in accordance with the rules, it is called good morality, if it is violating the rules and acting against the rules, it is called bad morality. Morality includes teachable behavior. While people who are educated in line with the factors that constitute the values ​​of the society have good morals, people who are educated on the contrary to these values ​​have bad morals. Good morality enhances both the inner world and the outer world of a person. Self-control is very important in moral education. The values ​​that people believe in maintaining this self-control have an important place. The belief system to which a person is bound and the environment he lives in are the determining factors in shaping his moral behavior. The values ​​of the society in which a person lives are shaped by beliefs, cultures, customs, traditions and customs and laws imposed by the state. In this report, we are thinking about the shaping of moral rules, religion in general, and the sense of ihsan and murâkaba from Sufi concepts in particular. It is possible for a person to have a solid character, to acquire a personality, to be equipped with good morals, to be in harmony with his inner world and to have the consciousness of being under surveillance by a superior being (Allah). This idea is called "the feeling of bestowal" in the religious literature and "murâkabe education" in the Sufi literature. A person who acts with the consciousness that he is under the supervision of Allah at every stage of life and that his every behavior is seen and recorded by Allah will naturally have superior morality. The feeling of goodwill is that people pay attention to their behavior as if they see God. While worshiping as if we see God in our prayers in particular, having this consciousness in our social relations, education understanding, business life, in short, in every moment, gives us good morals, while having the consciousness that God keeps us under surveillance in our inner world will contribute to the consistency of our inside and outside
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I need to understand if the criminalization of homosexuality was introduced by the settlers or Christians. How did Africans perceive non-hetero sex?
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Sexuality freedom were not accepted though there some manifestation of it among the Zimbabweans. Sex were only accepted in marriage which is in line with the message Christians preach.
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I'm looking for a papers concerning either Christianity or neopagan religions and social media. What role does social media play in the spread of these religious movements?
Any suggestions on the papers would be appreciated.
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This study sheds light on the situation of Christians and Jews and the reasons that led to abuse both in the era of Zahir Baybars. The researcher based on accurate historical sources that must be analyzed according to a methodology of exploring and elaborating these sources. The Al-Batailiya fire in (663 AH / 1265 CE) is considered the main reason for the emergence of harassment towards the dhimmis in general, and the Christians in particular. In addition, this study will talked about the Umar’s Assurance that regulates the relationship between Muslims and the dhimmis, as well as talk about the character of the monk, Polus Al-Habees, from where he originated, and the beginning of his appearance in the events of the Baybars era, and the reasons that led to the anger of Baybars , in addition to the results of the Bataila fire the situation of Christians in the state of Zahir Baybars. The study based on a lot of sources and references, and concluded a number of results.
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While there are numerous articles on glossolalia and its use in Pentecostal religious settings (with a few other accounts summarized), I have had no luck in finding research on its use specifically in New Age spirituality settings where what I think is the same phenomenon (save perhaps aspects of its in-group definition) is used in spoken, written and signed forms. Is there sociological documentation of this phenomenon anywhere, perhaps with comparisons to the glossolalia of Pentecostal Christianity (but not focussed on it)?
Also, (forgive the second question) I was wondering if there is research on psychological effects on the listeners and if these differ in any way to those experienced by Pentecostal Christians, seeing as there are likely to be aspects of discourse surrounding the phenomenon which differ. Further to this, are there studies on "glossolalic signing" from this setting (apologies if I do not know the terminology) and its possible effects on processing signs, as glossolalia appears to have benefits in verbal statistical learning (source: )?
Many thanks for any pointers. Apologies if I am a little out of my depth in this area.
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That's not really what I'm looking for, sorry.
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Hello everybody I have been using GROMACS 2018.1 in the last month and I got an error "core dumped" while running the simulation. Accordingly, I have installed the 2020.1 version and while I am doing pressure equilibration (npt), I had the same error again (I paste it below) which is core dumped. Is it a problem in this version or I might have done something wrong while running the equilibration ? I would really appreciate it, if anyone can guide me. I have pasted the error below Thanks Mohamed                   :-) GROMACS - gmx mdrun, 2020.1 (-:                             GROMACS is written by:      Emile Apol      Rossen Apostolov      Paul Bauer     Herman J.C. Berendsen     Par Bjelkmar      Christian Blau   Viacheslav Bolnykh     Kevin Boyd      Aldert van Buuren   Rudi van Drunen     Anton Feenstra       Alan Gray       Gerrit Groenhof     Anca Hamuraru    Vincent Hindriksen  M. Eric Irrgang     Aleksei Iupinov   Christoph Junghans     Joe Jordan     Dimitrios Karkoulis     Peter Kasson        Jiri Kraus      Carsten Kutzner      Per Larsson       Justin A. Lemkul    Viveca Lindahl    Magnus Lundborg     Erik Marklund       Pascal Merz     Pieter Meulenhoff    Teemu Murtola       Szilard Pall       Sander Pronk      Roland Schulz      Michael Shirts    Alexey Shvetsov      Alfons Sijbers     Peter Tieleman      Jon Vincent      Teemu Virolainen  Christian Wennberg    Maarten Wolf      Artem Zhmurov                              and the project leaders:         Mark Abraham, Berk Hess, Erik Lindahl, and David van der Spoel
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GROMACS:      gmx mdrun, version 2020.1 Executable:   /home/abdelaal/build2/gromacs-2020.1/build/bin/gmx Data prefix:  /home/abdelaal/build2/gromacs-2020.1 (source tree) Working dir:  /home/abdelaal/Desktop/GROMACS/C60:TAPC/C60_GRM/22 Command line:   gmx mdrun -v -deffnm npt
Reading file npt.tpr, VERSION 2020.1 (single precision) Changing nstlist from 10 to 100, rlist from 1 to 1
Using 1 MPI thread
Non-default thread affinity set, disabling internal thread affinity
Using 8 OpenMP threads
starting mdrun 'GRM in vacuum' 50000 steps,     25.0 ps. step 44700, remaining wall clock time:   137 s           Step 44790  Warning: pressure scaling more than 1%, mu: 1.01937 1.01937 1.01937 Segmentation fault (core dumped)
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It could be that you are working with a file that is heavier than the strength of your system. This could also happen when you are trying to load a very large .xtc file on a low spec. system. It could be "core dump, segmentation fault".
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I am looking for the most recent scientific findings concerning the attitudes of religious groups (especially major religions like christian catholic, christian orthodox, christian protestant, muslim, jewish, buddhist, hindu, yet also non-religious or atheist groups) towards the actual or permanent societal controversies (violence, criminal, capital punishment, homosexuality, prostitution, abortion, divorce, premarital sex, euthanasia, etc.), possibly after 2015. Collecting material for a new textbook.
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I dont agree with you mr Musek becouse the contreversies about benefets for the big countries not for religens
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I'm working on my final research proposal right now and found some very interesting statistics about family-businesses worldwide. The problem is, that I only have Tharawat Magazine as source: https://www.tharawat-magazine.com/economic-impact-family-businesses/
The problem is, that the Website is more or less trustworthy. There is no real imprint and there is no real proof, that this magazine on family business is relevant.
I double-checked some of the metrics with my research I have done so far and it seems to be feasible. I also see in other article in this magazine, that relevant authors in my field of research have published their.
Does anybody, have some further proofs, that this magazine have an impact on family-businesses and if its okay to use the statistics in my research for a first draft?
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Christian
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All I can say on the matter is what information on the title Tharawat Magazine on the Internet (Google) -- nine items and more.
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Hello all,
I am currently looking for someone adept in Gender Studies to assist me with a body of research with the hope of publication on comparing LGB couples Gender Roles to Heterosexual couple traditional Gender Roles. My current research shows that LGB couples fair slightly better than Heterosexual couples because of the egalitarian roles as opposed to the slightly more patriarchal hierarchy in traditional heterosexual couples.
This research will be heavy on LGBT research and Theology to support equality in the marital hierarchy. I will be submitting this article to a Christian Scholarly Journal on Biblical Equality.
I currently live in Japan, so by the off chance someone is in Japan, that is preferred.
Thank you!
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Hello Chris,
I am interested in you research but I am having a little trouble pinning down your argument. I have a counseling degree but would hardly consider myself an expert on LGB gender roles, but willing to share an opinion.
You mentioned that your research shows that LGB fair slightly better, but fail to define what they are slightly better at exactly. Anyhow, if you offer up some parameters for an argument I can certainly offer a perspective.
Have a good one,
Lucas
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There has been greater concentration on the Medieval Middle Eastern and Central Asian Science but so far insufficient exploration of its roots and what it owes or does not owe to Islam. Few, if any, early Islamic scholars were Arab but emerged from Persia, the old cultures of Central Asia, etc. Is this then a Persian Renaissance for example or equally likely a global event?
The explosion of European science in the 17th century can be seen as the result of globalisation, not integral to Europe, so can the earlier Middle Eastern and Central Asian one be viewed in the same fashion?
I have not used Christian or Islamic as, certainly in the West Christianity, was not the driving force for the phenomenon.
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The origin of European science is Greek thought; concerning Asia, Sumerian cultural techniques are the foundation of scientific thought, be it accounting, script or astronomy, which is the most ancient of all sciences. As your question also seems to imply a religious dimension, deities in Sumerian temples were believed to safeguard the assets of a community, e.g. keeping a ratio of silver and barley. I am tempted to conclude, that science as research into single working principles of and in nature, evolved with the proclamation of a single deity, e.g. the workings of prophet Zoroaster. Zoroaster found very great reception in the Greek world, and I do think that these is the link to the birth of science as human activity.
Hebrew thought is also pre-essential, in terms of cognitive transmission, from the East to the West, as early as 300BCE, concerning Europe (Greek islands, Roman Empire, even Pannonia).
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Was the Lord previous to his son, or was his son before him,?
If you say: His father was previously . We told you: You have abolished the theory of the three universes . This means that the son did not manage the affairs of the universe with his father !!!
You have to answer the question: When did the father decide to have a child? And who ran the universe before he had his son?
If you say: the son was previously on his father . We told you: how to be the former son to his father ?!
If you say: they are together forever, we said to you: Who decided to make the father father?!!Who made the son a son?!And how to be a father and son without being one of them before the other ?!
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Bradley Autry quoting the Athanasian Creed doesn’t answer the question. The Athanasian Creed gets first prize for being confusing in practically every clause.
For example as pointed out by Faith Bays the Son was begotten by the Holy Spirit yet the Athanasian Creed states the Son was begotten of the Father alone (clause 22).
Nor was the Athanasian Creed authored by the apostles, an official church council nor even Athanasius himself. In fact, its origin is unknown except that it appears to have been anonymously authored within the Catholic church several centuries after the New Testament was written (Krueger 1976).
Yet despite the inbuilt admission that the Trinity is “incomprehensible” (clause 12) it audaciously mandates wholehearted belief “without doubt” accompanied by the threat of perishing eternally (clauses 2 & 44).
The uncritical acceptance of this absurdity across both Catholic and Protestant Christianity is an own goal in any debate against agnosticism or atheism.
Krueger, R (1976). “The origin and terminology of the Athanasian Creed”, Presented at Western Pastoral Conference of the Dakota-Montana District, October 5-6, 1976.
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I am dealing with a topic: "Christian Faith and Economic Development: A Case Study of Christian Workers in the Ghana's Public Sector Economy at Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The study is delimited to the public education and Health sectors, and the police and the judicial sevices.
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Dear Prof. Victor Selorme Gedzi, an interesting question to be further noticed.
To complement the excellent answer given by Prof. Nancy Ann Watanabe, I could that that the Vatican bank---or as they named in order to cover corruption and money laundering: The Institute for the Works of Religion---could have a "measure" of Christian faith quantified in terms of economic matters, pope and cardinals - an elite.
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The above written question is not only for Philosophers but for people with rational minds. There are two groups of people in the universe - those who have a purpose for their lives and those who live aimlessly following the bandwagon. Where actually do you fall? We should practice what we preach and teach. Our followers and students should see us as their mirror by living with the ideals we portray. A life with a purpose is the well examined life where we live critically and creatively trying to make the world a better place to live in. Those who fall to the second category of people are those who imitate, follow the bandwagon which is usually on the negative side of life. That is why evil is growing on a large scale everyday in the world. There are those who go to school because they see others going, but they are differentiated between the real and actual students who have gone to school to study, acquire knowledge and make the world a better place to live in. There are also the Church - goers who are 95% of the Church congregation and 5% Christians. That is why you have a proliferation of Churches in the world today. Read the net and see what the Rwandan government has done to them. Do you as a Critical thinker ask yourself this question - Why is there the proliferation of evil on a tremendous scale in the world with all these growing number of Churches? Let us all reason together to proffer solutions to this question.
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Zig Ziggler, the motivational speaker, encouraged 'a regular check up from the neck up!'
In my experience, there are a number of philosophies and eccesiologies which a regular self-examination. Some may be valid, others may be a bit of navel gazing!!
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For my dissertation (PhD) I am looking for something that does not require statistics per se. I am thinking of using a Case Study method. Can I use this for analyzing a group (Christian Counselors) who employ spiritual gifts and supernatural discernment in their practices? I am hoping to study how it is done for the purpose of creating a new approach for counselling. Thank you!
Any info on how this is done would be helpful even if only a link. Any other methods suggested also welcome.
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Here are the basics of writing a Case Study. The purpose of a case study is to walk the reader through a situation where a problem is presented, background information provided, and a description of the solution given, along with how it was derived. A case study can be written to encourage the reader to come up with his or her own solution or to review the solution that was already implemented. The goal of the writer is to give the reader experiences similar to those the writer had as he or she researched the situation presented.
Several steps must be taken before actually writing anything:
  1. Choose the situation on which to write.
  2. Gather as much information as possible about the situation.
  3. Analyze all of the elements surrounding the situation
  4. Determine the final solution implemented
  5. Gather information about why the solution worked or did not work
From these steps, you will create the content of your case study.
(This was taken from resilienteducator.com)
I did a case study for Liberty one time. I am going to see if I can upload it for you so you can look at it. The title of the case was "Crossroads". It is a true story. A young teenager was driving fast on the freeway and hit two cars. One of the cars exploded and killed all the passengers: a mother and her daughter. It was a sad incident. The driver didn't stop he kept going. It was a hit and run case. I had to develop a counseling approach to the surviving family. I had to choose one person from the family and counsel them. It just so happened that the family was saved. It was very sad you can't help but to cry when you see the movie. A movie was made about the incident. The teenager is a grown man now and he is traveling around doing a workshop at high school about the dangers of drag racing in the street. That was his punishment that the family agreed to. He did not go to jail. He was only a kid. You can find some of his workshops he has done on youtube.
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The question discusses how architecture deals with feminism in terms of human history, through the time of Greek civilization, forms of columns, and the appearance of the Christian religion, in addition, is this still continuing? or it had became a past.
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COVID-19 is already accentuating interesting religious phenomena. Churches closing, beliefs regarding healing, trust in science are the kinds of issues we might ask regarding the relationship between religion and COVID-19. I'd be glad for your suggestions of the topics, questions, themes, and issues sociologists of religion should be anticipating. What are the most productive social scientific research questions to ask? What might social scientists anticipate? What data can we take advantage of that already exists? and What data should social scientists look to collect?
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I'll be interested to see how quickly congregations resume public gatherings and to what extent they are offering aid to those in need.
And I'll be interested to see how the crisis seems to influence overall levels of religious belief, practice and identity.
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A milestone by Theodor Billroth in surgery and cancer surgery.
It is
- the 139th anniversary day (Jan 29, 1881)
Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (1829-1894)
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the first successful distal gastrectomy
for gastric cancer within 90 min
However, we may should be aware that everything in medicine surgery cancersurgery science needs teamwork
We are nothing without the Team!
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Theodor Billroth *26 Apr 1829 †06 Feb 1894